The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Woman and Child Looking Out at Plum Tree in Garden

Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Fishing beneath a Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro

Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

The Proper Way of Drinking New Year's Sake (Toso no miki namesomuru tei), from the series "Teaching Manners According to the Colors of the Spring (Shunshoku shitsukekata)"

Kubo Shunman

The Archery Gallery

Suzuki Harunobu

Courtesan with Poetry Card (Tanzaku) at the New Year

Kaigetsudō Dohan

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo as a Woman with Dishevelled Hair

Katsushika Hokusai

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793

Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as Oiso no Tora and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Soga no Juro in the play "Haru wa Akebono Kuruwa Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1743

Torii Kiyomasu II

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Guard Yahazu no Yadahei in the Play Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1794

Katsukawa Shun'en